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(Amendment  M  to  B.  A.  I.  Order  287) 

United  States  Department  af  Agriculture  ~ 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDubTRY  DEPOSITORY 


AMENDMENT  29  TO  B.  A.  I.  ORDER  287-RELATIVE  TO  FOOT-AND- 
MOUTH  DISEASE  IN  CATTLE,  SHEEP,  OTHER  RUMINANTS,  AND 
SWINE. 

Effective  on  and  after  December  1,   1984 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary, 
Washington,  D.  C  Nov<  mh  r  IBS,  192b. 

ruder  authority  conferred  on  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by 
section  1  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  March  3,  1905  (33  Stat. 
L264),  the  quarantine  established  by  Amendment  26,  dated  Sep- 
tember 26,  1924,  to  B.  A.  I.  Order  287,  on  Galveston  and  Harris 
Counties  and  portions  of  Brazoria  and  Foil  Bend  Counties,  in  the 
State  of  Texas,  is  hereby  revoked,  effective  on  December  1,  1924.  as 
to  Fort  Bend  County  and  all  portions  of  Galveston,  Hams,  and 
Brazoria  Counties  except  the  area  within  the  following  boundary 
line : 

Beginning  at  the  point  where  Simms  Bayou  empties  into  the 
Houston  Ship  Channel  and  running  thence  eastward  along  the 
Houston  Ship  Channel  to  Trinity  Bay;  thence  running  southward 
along  the  shores  of  Trinity  and*  Galveston  Bays  to  the  mouth  of 
Dickinson  Bayou;  thence  running  westward  along  Dickinson  Bayou 
to  the  bridge  of  the  Arcadia-Dickinson  shell  road:  thence  running 
southward  on  said  road  to  the  Atchison,  Topeka  £  Santa  Fe  Kail- 
way  right  of  way  at  Arcadia;  thence  running  northwest  along  said 
right  of  way  to  the  junction  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe 
Railway  with  the  St.  Louis.  Brownsville  and  Mexico  Railway; 
thence  running  southward  along  the  St.  Louis.  Brownsville  and 
Mexico  Railway  to  the  point  where  it  crosses  Chocolate  Bayou: 
thence  running  northwestward  along  Chocolate  Bayou  to  the  eastern 
boundary  of  Fort  Bend  County;  thence  running  north  and  wesi 
along  the  Fort  Bend  County  line  to  the  International  and  Great 
Northern  Railway;  thence  running  northeast  along  the  Interna- 
tional and  Great  Northern  Railway  to  Simms  Bayou;  thence  run- 
ning eastward  along  Simms  Bayou  to  the  Houston  Ship  Channel. 

This  amendment  for  the  purpose  of  identification  is  designated  as 
Amendment  l>(.»  to  B.  A.  I.  Order  287. 

Done   at    Washington    this   28th   day   of    November, 

1 '.»•_'!. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Department  of 

Agricult  ure. 

C.  F.  Marvin, 
Acting  Seen  tary  of  Agriculture. 


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